Variation in Receipt of Cancer Screening and Immunizations by 10-year Life Expectancy among U.S. Adults aged 65 or Older in 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The likelihood of benefit from a preventive intervention in an older adult depends on its time-to-benefit and the adult's life expectancy. For example, the time-to-benefit from cancer screening is >10 years, so adults with <10-year life expectancy are unlikely to benefit.

Objective

To examine receipt of screening for breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer and receipt of immunizations by 10-year life expectancy.

Design

Analysis of 2019 National Health Interview Survey.

Participants

8,329 non-institutionalized adults >65 years seen by a healthcare professional in the past year, representing 46.9 million US adults.

Main measures

Proportions of breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer screenings, and immunizations, were stratified by 10-year life e

SUBMITTER: Yourman LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897072 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature